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| 4. | Paul Carrington Edmunds was born on 11 Nov 1836 (son of John Richard Edmunds and Mildred Carrington Coles); died on 12 Mar 1899. Notes:
Graduate of the University of Virginia. Received law degree from William & Mary 1857. Paul was a Lt. in the Confederate Army, served in the Virginia State Senate 1881-1888. Was elected Democrat to 51st, 52nd, and 53rd Congresses. Round Hill given by father John R. Edmunds in 1860.
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about Paul Carrington Edmunds
Name: Paul Carrington Edmunds
Date of Death: 12 Mar 1899
Elected Office(s): Representative, Delegate
Elected Date(s): 4 Mar 1889
State: Virginia
Country: United States of America
Biography: a Representative from Virginia; born at ''Springwood,'' the country estate, near Halifax Court House, Halifax County, Va., November 1, 1836; studied under a private teacher; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855, and from the law department of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1857; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Jefferson City, Mo.; returned to Virginia in 1859 and engaged in agricultural pursuits on his farm in Halifax County; served as first lieutenant, Company A, Montague's battalion, in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of the Virginia State senate 1881-1888; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894; died in Houston, Halifax County, Va., March 12, 1899; interment in St. John's Churchyard, Halifax, Va.
Birth:
"Springwood", Halifax, Halifax Co., VA
Died:
(Banister) (Houston) Halifax, Halifax Co., VA
Paul married Phoebe Ann Easley on 18 Jan 1859. Phoebe was born on 18 Oct 1837; died on 13 Jul 1898 in Lynchburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 8. | John Richard Edmunds was born on 26 Aug 1812 (son of Henry Edmunds and Martha W. Morton); died on 8 May 1873. Notes:
John Richard Edmunds was a wealthy man before the Civil War, a staunch sympathizer with the South, and among the many conspicuous services that he did was the building for the Confederate government that section of the Southern Railway lying between Danville and Greensboro. He owned many slaves and other property and was also a large landowner, building Redfield plantation. He attended the University of Virginia, 1828-32, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree. He married Mildred Coles in 1836 and lived at "Redfield", Halifax County, Virginia.
Died:
"Elm Hill", VA
John married Mildred Carrington Coles in Jan 1836 in Virginia, USA. Mildred (daughter of Isaac Howell Coles and Mildred Lightfoot Carrington) was born on 1 Mar 1820; died on 28 Dec 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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